Manhasset, Port boys excel in basketball Manhasset repeats as lacrosse champs

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

The Manhasset boys basketball team won a state championship in 2021-22, having the kind of year that comes along every decade or two.

In 2022-23, the Indians fell just a little short, but still had a phenomenal year. Manhasset advanced to the Class A championship game, winning three playof games along the way.

But in the championship game against South Side, a team Manhasset had beaten in the postseason the year before, the Indians (22-2) came up just a little short, losing 57-46 at Hofstra University.

Manhasset’s neighbors, in Port Washington, also had a phenomenal season, as the Vikings rode the strong play of Camren Welker and Trevor Amalftano all the way to the Class AA championship game.

There, Port Washington (17-6) was looking for its frst Nassau title since 1947. But the Vikings couldn’t quite win the championship, falling to powerhouse Baldwin, 45-39.

The Wheatley School’s team also had a terrifc season, garnering the top seed in the Class B playofs, but were upset by No. 4 Carle Place in the semifnals, 47-43.

Great Neck North also had a strong year, advancing to the quarterfnals in Class A bracket before losing to Manhasset, while Great Neck South ran of an 11-game winning streak late in the season before losing to South Side in Class A as well.

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

Things were very much a repeat of 2022 this spring in the boys lacrosse season here in Nassau County, with two squads again rising above the rest.

The Manhasset boys team, fresh of its state championship win in Class C last year, looked poised to repeat that feat as of press time. The Indians rolled to a 15-1 regular season, then breezed through the Nassau County playofs before encountering a very tough Wantagh squad in the Nassau championship game at Hofstra.

Manhasset, heavy favorites going in, was up only a goal at halftime and by one single score after three quarters, 8-7.

But led by Jack Peterson’s fve goals and strong goalie play by Matthew Im, Manhasset pulled away in the fourth quarter and won yet another county title, its third straight, 15-9.

Then in the Long Island championship game, facing a diferent opponent this year in Shoreham-Wading River,

Manhasset again pulled away for an 11-6 at Stony Brook University.

That sent Manhasset on to the state semifnals in Albany on June 7.

The Port Washington boys were also looking to repeat as county champs, after scoring a big win in Class A title game a year ago.

The Vikings advanced to the championship game but ran into a steamroller in Farmingdale, who won its frst title in 12 years, beating Port Washington, 11-3.

Other area boys teams who did well included Roslyn, who qualifed for the playofs but lost a close 11-9 game in the quarterfnals, and North Shore, which also bowed out in the quarters.